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My problems is that,sometimes when I smash the feather of the bird broke, i should say I hold the racket and swing the racket in a correct way but still the feather broke.
Ayone could say anything about my problem plz?

the 'best' way to ensure you hit it square on is practising it a lot. Minor tricks include a slight change in your grip to panhandle (just look at Lin Dan's photo on the yonex catalogue, for example) and making a more straightforward hitting action (álways keeping the head square on with the bird...less twisting and turning)

Hi! I read a lot about technique and saw a lot of videos about smashing and I have improved my smash a lot in 5 years playing badminton. But there is something which I cannot explain - I know how to make a "whip-like-stroke" and that the flexibility of the racquet is important here BUT: when has the racquet time to bend if you acctually accalerate the racquet surface parallel to the direction of stroke with your elbow directed to the shuttle and at very last moment you snap the wrist and hit the head surface perpendicular to the shuttle. So how is it possible to bend the racquet in direction perpendicular to the head surface during the stroke (because such reaction hits the shuttle with so many times called whip-like movement)? It's a little confusing I know but hope that you will understand what i mean. Any ideas?

BUT: when has the racquet time to bend if you acctually accalerate the racquet surface parallel to the direction of stroke with your elbow directed to the shuttle and at very last moment you snap the wrist and hit the head surface perpendicular to the shuttle?

You really don't need to worry about this. The actual mechanics of a smash swing are very complex, and trying to analyse them is unlikely to help your game.

Suffice to say that the racket will bend, and the violent twisting motion of your forearm (with the final timing in your fingers) is necessary to generate a powerful smash.

You really don't need to worry about this. The actual mechanics of a smash swing are very complex, and trying to analyse them is unlikely to help your game.

Suffice to say that the racket will bend, and the violent twisting motion of your forearm (with the final timing in your fingers) is necessary to generate a powerful smash.

Yes I know that it works... I also saw on slow motion video (Lin Dan) that racquet really bends during the smash... And you can tell if you swing properlly... But ok, I will have to smash without knowing how this really happen. Like in that story where scientists proved that a bumblebee cannot fly because his wings are too small for his big weight. But bumblebee does not know this and he just fly!

To maximize sound output and power, you hit it squarely. I really despise people who think they have a quiet hit, and they think that just by increasing tension it will be louder. It would, a bit or alot, but you should first do it with whatever tension you have now. Because many players that i've seen including myeslf. Can have very loud pop while using very low tension. My bg-65 strung at 21lbs used for one year. And had no trouble producing sound, quite loud I might add. Now I know i am hitting it correctly. Not because I have a high tensioned racket.